Following is brief profiles of the three top candidates of Hamas list, which on January 25 election gained a massive majority at the Palestinian parliament. Ismail Abd a-Salam Haniyeh Haniyeh, 46, is top candidate of Hamas. Born in Gaza Strip's Shati refugee camp, he graduated from Gaza City's Islamic University in 1987 with a degree in Arabic literature and became a close associate of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He ...